For those of you dealing with insurance restoration claims, how do you usually go about comparing a contractor's Xactimate estimate with the carrier's estimate?

I've heard that reviewing line items, spotting missing items, checking quantities, and going through multiple revisions can get pretty time-consuming.

Especially when you're dealing with supplements and trying to figure out exactly what changed between the original estimate and the latest carrier revision.

Curious about a few things:

• Do you typically compare everything manually?
• Do you use Excel or any other tools to make the process easier?
• What's the most time-consuming part of reviewing these estimates?
• When a carrier sends a revised estimate, how do you identify exactly what changed?

Would be interesting to hear how different people handle this, particularly public adjusters who deal with multiple claims at a time.